unscientifically
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- adverb
- /ˌʌnˌsaɪənˈtɪfɪkli/
:
no científicamente
- The results of the survey were gathered unscientifically, as we did not follow any formal methods.
Examples
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Plum Dandy is the most expensive (which is what I thought, really unscientifically).
Blog text (32) -
I still don't know what I want to do when I 'grow up' as the phrase is so unscientifically put.
Blog text (2) -
They are very large, called imangu, and come in three sizes, which I would unscientifically call big, bigger, and really big.
Academic text (2006) -
Human beings unscientifically crave privilege and uniqueness.
Academic text (1999) -
Keynesians unscientifically assume one of the conclusions that they mistakenly believe themselves to have established through rigorous analysis, namely, that empowering government to 'manage' aggregate demand is the most feasible means of achieving.
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Lynn Payer writes about medicine in four Western countries and convincingly shows that most physicians in these four national groups ignore the work of their colleagues abroad, thereby behaving rather unscientifically and arrogantly in a way that is detrimental to their research.
Academic text (1994) -
Many people form opinions unscientifically based on their personal experiences rather than research.
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He made his conclusions about the situation unscientifically, relying solely on anecdotal evidence.
Antonyms
How Scientific
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- Formal
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Surface Forms
Morphology
unscientifically = unscientific (transparent) = un + scientific + ally
The adverb is formed productively from the adjective 'unscientific' with '-ally'; both the negative prefix 'un-' and the adjective are semantically clear.
Etymology
Unscientifically starts with un- meaning 'not' and uses science, from the Latin scire meaning 'to know', and the ending -ly shows how something is done. So, unscientifically describes doing something 'not in a scientific way'.